Housing
Over 75% of new social homes are bought or leased from builders
Building of public housing by local authorities has dwindled to nearly non-existent levels in our biggest cities, official figures show
Developers reap healthy profits while claiming housebuilding is not lucrative
Astra Construction posted a thirteenfold increase in after-tax profits between 2018 and 2019, while Park Developments saw a €14.8m profit over 18 months
House prices up by average of €20,000 year on year, Daft finds
Website records its lowest ever figure for properties listed for sale, with supply collapsing by 40 per cent compared to this time in 2020
Hobbs hits back at Murphy’s criticism over social housing
The well-known financial adviser has responded to Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy who criticised his company for selling social housing ‘as a financial product’
Analysis: Murphy flags issue of social housing ‘being sold as a financial product’
Social Democrats co-leader uses Eddie Hobbs website to raise concerns about potential growth in the state’s use of long-term leasing instead of building homes
Dunsink site could be used for thousands of homes
The land near Finglas in Dublin 15, currently inhabited by about 200 Travellers, is being looked at by Fingal County Council as a potential site or houses
Newbridge site with plans for nine houses comes to auction
The site is in an established residential area within walking distance of Newbridge town centre and 300 metres from Newbridge Railway Station
Eastwise to charge Dublin City Council €531k for two-bed apartments
The company plans to sell 47 social housing units to the local authority for €21 million at a proposed new development on city’s northside
More than 80,000 households are in state-supported private rented accommodation
Hap scheme payments to landlords totalled €436 million last year and are predicted to exceed €1 billion by the end of 2021
A place to call home: how new policy on asylum seekers will work
Direct provision is coming to an end with the publication of a new white paper. But policy makers admit in the document that it will be ‘challenging’ to have the new system completed by December 2024
Housing Agency head believes affordable housing scheme is more sustainable in long run
€75m scheme to allow 2,000 people a year buy new homes criticised by opposition and ESRI as potentially driving up house prices
Ivan Gaine: Shared equity proposal can alleviate housing mess
There’s no silver bullet to the current crisis, but the shared equity initiative would make a meaningful difference to aspiring first-time buyers
The high-rise of the Ronan empire
Johnny Ronan has a multi-storey vision for the future of Dublin’s docklands – even if not everyone is happy about it. Here, in an exclusive interview, he expounds on his plans to transform the capital city’s centre
Spike in interest from Irish buyers seeking move to Valencia
Irish buyers are looking for ‘European city lifestyle’ and have budgets ranging from €220,000 to €350,000
Opposition to state’s €75m shared equity scheme grows
Estate agents and TDs point to the failure of a similar plan in Britain which forced prices up rather than benefiting buyers
Solar sell-back scheme bars half of Irish homes
State’s plan to incentivise switch to renewable energy could backfire if households with a poor BER rating are excluded, warns solar energy body
Legal fees paid by An Bord Pleanála double to €4.1 million
Legal costs escalated after a jump in legal challenges to planning decisions approved by the national planning authority
Comment: Innovative approach needed to tackle housing crisis
Policymakers must remove barriers for first-time buyers, increase housing supply and invest in the rental market
More than 4,000 hotel beds to be completed in Dublin this year
New beds will increase existing stock in the capital of 24,000 by 17 per cent, according to Mitchell McDermott construction sector report
Shared equity housing scheme could fuel construction in ‘wrong areas’, says ESRI
Think-tank tells an Oireachtas committee that the proposed Affordable Housing Bill could cause house prices to rise